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ASSOCIATE EDITOR Nirs. Chase \V. Cove (Adelaide L ove) 422 Cumnor road. Ken1ilworth, lias .accepted the associate'editorslîjî ot the poetrv nmagazine.. BeItterý Verse." puillislied in i St. Pati. MIfinit. r77I i I OOKUEOPj* ILIBR.&XY Carde eBStImow7 %IlE:NEWEST STATIONERY makes you want *0 wrelf fliose litters. 1724'Orrion Av*. G.W027: ýOrringlfon . tiot. ldg., Evaènston, MODERN LJDRAIRY If if's wortkhile rssding youll finc if; in the MODERN LI8RARY 95e eopy Giant i Sm$ 1.00 CIIANBLER'S Founiain Squae Evanufon I irst flovel about Mrs. WValker's "Fire- %weed," whicli has received this year's, Hopvood Award. Simple and natural- prose combines with local color tlîat is flot "*worked Up" to produce a nar- rativ.e of clarity and agreçeable smnoothness suci as.nany veterans of fiction neyer attaiîî. Thle- characters are fully rounided, thouglit out froni depths of actual experience. Present day life in, an 'upper. Nlich- ignlumberinig towni1 , ini which the sole ýrepresentativès >of -what used toi be called "tllc cultural influences" are the mnovies andi the poetry supplied byChicago iail-order cata logues, miglît flot seen: at' first glanice -to present rich imaterial foran* el is Walker lias not attempted the uisual diatribe agaiinst ltlue- Anýierican, sinall tovn'. eithier. The qualities of 'lier book are suifiicierîtljv tniversal to make background and 'atînosphere secpii4ary .considlerat.icn, thougli the lake cotintr 'v of taîl putes. at least ini lier vision, does add attraction to the liîtor% of lier, secon<l generation Scandinavian Invrs. Teir storv isý of the inost . usual sort, compouinded of niarriages and snb-tons irths and deatlis, jobs anîd food andl canoe- ing, and finally of the depression, but tfue autlîor's sinceritv anmd straiglitfor- wvard.î1ss ends it % alu nîd relief. 'Fireweed" is skilfully plaiiined and carried out, and annouinces a talent' distinct ly pronsîig'. BOYS, AND GIRLS' BOOK SHOP Nellie Melby, eduicatiotial director *anîd advisor, has opened a book de- partiient for childreîî at 628 Clitireli street, Evanston. She, lias books for çhildren of ail ages. and wilI hlelp Sniothers plan readin1.g cou -rses for tlîeir cliildreni. i'j Y" .A drawin~g by Bertrand. Zaig( ofLouis A*dam, -ichose book, "The VaI2esf?efutrr,> ciicit was pifl'- lished by Harper and Brothers o,1 Febru4ery 1, is thie Iook-of-Ilw- MVonth Sélect ion: for Fc-bllt?,V. Late World War Was Foreseen by Paderewski At a receptioti given in lus hionor il) the city of Cracow in July, 1910, Paderewski said: "Brothers, the hour of our freedoni is about to strike. Witlîîn five years a f ratricial vvar vl soak witlî blond the whole eartli." Exactly four years later this prophecv came, true. Paderewski's prophetic vision had its basis not lui aîîy oêcult .power but in the knowledge oif uro- peau poljtics. For lie studied inter- national affairs as thoroughilv as lie studied nmusic. Charles Phillips tells tIis incident. in lus biography. "Paderev ski: .The Sfory of a ModermtImortal." (MNac- nîlîlan). Herschel Brickell ini the ,NeW York Evening Post says : ".\r. Phil- lips' prose has warmth and color anid lie lias mnarshaled a large array of facts-even, of documents-so %Nell den 'Clîu o:t vrîvia1,y Alice'U. 15. Lockwood, chairman, Special Pub- lications committee. Large Royal q (uarto, ini box-slide. Lavishly illustrated. Pub~lication date, Mardi., The, first volume. of -this notable owork of research appeared in the au-. tumn of 1931 and deait with records of early gardens. andgardening ini the North. In this concluding volume, which lias the samne handsome f or- mat and the saine wealth of beautiful illustrations, the survey goes into the South and, the ôld colonial West, tak-, ing in VTirginia, Mýaryland, the cîty of WVashington, Delaware, South, Caro-. lina, Northî Carolina, Georgia, Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Florida, .M'%issiS- sippi,. Louisiana, Texas, and Califor'- nia.____There is also an introductory chapter of general conclusions as to gardening traditions and mcthods in the Old South, and, as. in the irst ,.volume, a study,,of -fencing. "Gardens of Colony 'and State" wvas accorded the highest recognîitionî for the value and interest of its research and the sumptu ous beauty of its, forîn. This new volume, whichi car- ries the study into country where an entirely different Set of gardening conditions prevails,'w*ill enhancée that* reputation. BENVENUTO CELLINI AND HIS FLORENTINE DAGGER. B N Victor Thaddeus. Farrar an 1 Rinehart.* This-breezy and competent ie of Benvenuto Cellini. is to the inînortal autobiograpby as a latter day cock- tail is to one shaken before thle pro- hibition. Whoever doubts this nîeed onily compare the episode. of Cata- rina, and that of the .casting of thie Perseus -in the two versionis. Bevond this, there is reall1y ratlier. littile to say except that thiose h anto willflot> read the. auto:biîograpli--ini translation' an entireIN 'àccsi book-wNill find, besides a certain amnount of -historical background, Which interested Benvenuto mutchi less than his oivn self-a' -%%ift and genial ,narrative carried off. with appropriate gusto.. The nîvsterv re-. CITY MANAGEMENT: the. Cic- nati Exipevimnt. By Charles P. Taft. New York: Farrar and Rinebart. SEA LEVEL. By Aime' Parrish. New York:, Harper 'and B3ros. J S'adleir (ittle iBrown) -Reviewed in current issue. TH E MAN OF THE RENAIS- SANCE. By Ralph Roeder (Vi- king Press)- * I a IL-